Actuated multi-faced keys

Abstract

An assembly may include information that includes a first plurality of stripes making up a first icon and a second plurality of stripes making up a second icon. The assembly may include an actuator configured to displace the information to a first position in response to a change in length of a first wire to displace the information to a second position in response to a change in length of a second wire. The assembly may include a lenticular lens configured to display the first icon to a user when the actuator is in the first position, and to display the second icon to the user when the actuator is in the second position.

1. A method comprising:
 providing, by a key of a keypad, first information when an actuator, associated with the keypad, is in a first position; 
 receiving user input; 
 retrieving information identifying an amount of current to apply to a first wire, connected to the actuator, based on the received user input; 
 displacing the actuator, in a translational motion, from the first position to a second position in response to the identified amount of current being applied to the actuator; and 
 providing, by the key, second information when the actuator is in the second position, the second information being different than the first information. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , where the key is a multi-faced key,
 the method further comprising: 
 determining that the first information is to be replaced with the second information based on the received user input. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , where the user input comprises a voice command. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , where the retrieved information comprises a time interval over which the identified current is to be applied to the first wire. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , where the displacing comprises:
 causing an icon sheet, comprising the first and second information, and a lens to be displaced with respect to a housing of the keypad. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , where the displacing comprises:
 causing a lens to be displaced while maintaining an icon sheet stationary. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , where providing the second information comprises:
 providing one or more viewing experiences comprising at least one of a morph mode, a zoom mode, or a three dimensional mode. 
 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , where the key further provides at least third information, the third information being different than the first and second information,
 the method further comprising:
 receiving another user input; 
 providing, by the key, the third information based on the received other user input. 
 
 
     
     
       9. A device, comprising:
 a keypad assembly comprising:
 an icon sheet, comprising a plurality of images associated with a plurality of key information, a particular image, of the plurality of images, being associated with a particular key information, of the plurality of key information; and 
 an actuator connected to:
 a first wire to:
 displace the actuator, in a translational motion, to a first position, when an identified current is applied to the first wire, to cause a first image, of the plurality of images, to be provided, and a second wire to: 
 displace the actuator, in the translational motion, to a second position to cause a second image, of the plurality of images, to be provided; and 
 
 
 
 a control logic, implemented using hardware, to:
 retrieve information associated with the identified current, and 
 cause the identified current to be applied to the first wire. 
 
 
     
     
       10. The device of  claim 9 , where the control logic is to retrieve information associated with the identified current based on user input, the user input comprising a voice command. 
     
     
       11. The device of  claim 9 , where, when the actuator is displaced, the icon sheet is displaced toward or away from a housing of the keypad. 
     
     
       12. The device of  claim 9 , further comprising a memory, where, when retrieving the information associated with the identified current, the control logic is to retrieve the information from the memory. 
     
     
       13. The device of  claim 12 , where the retrieved information further comprises information identifying a time interval over which the identified current is to be applied to the first wire. 
     
     
       14. The device of  claim 9 , where the control logic is further to determine that a first group of images is to be replaced with a second group of images, the first group of images being provided when the actuator is in the first position and the second group of images being provided when the actuator is in the second position. 
     
     
       15. The device of  claim 9 , where the keypad assembly further comprises a lens to provide the first and second images, where the icon sheet comprises interlaced stripes, and where, when the actuator is displaced, the icon sheet remains stationary and the lens is displaced substantially parallel to the stripes. 
     
     
       16. A mobile device comprising:
 means for receiving user input for key information of a keypad; 
 means for applying a current to a wire connected to an actuator in response to receiving the user input, the actuator being associated with the keypad; 
 means for displacing the actuator, in a translation motion, from a first position to a second position when the current is applied to the wire; and 
 means for displaying second key information when the actuator is in the second position, the second key information replacing the first key information displayed when the actuator is in the first position. 
 
     
     
       17. The mobile device of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 means for retrieving information identifying an amount of current to apply to the wire based on the received user input, 
 where the means for applying the current to the wire connected to the actuator comprises: 
 means for applying the identified amount of current to the wire. 
 
     
     
       18. The mobile device of  claim 17 , where the retrieved information comprises a time interval over which the identified current is to be applied to the wire,
 the mobile device, further comprising: 
 means for applying, over the time interval, the identified amount of current to the wire. 
 
     
     
       19. The mobile device of  claim 16 , where the means for displaying the second key information comprises:
 means providing one or more viewing experiences when the second key information replaces the first key information, the one or more viewing experiences comprising at least one of a morph mode, a zoom mode, or a three dimensional mode. 
 
     
     
       20. The mobile device of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 means for receiving another user input; 
 means for displacing the actuator, in the translational motion, from the second position to a third position in response to receiving the other user input; and 
 means for displaying third key information when the actuator is the third position, the third key information replacing the second key information and being different than the first information.